Rob Desalle's book summarizes the latest findings in the field of neurobiological research into human feelings. It tells not only about how we see, hear, touch, taste and smell, maintain balance, feel pain, but also about how all this shapes our perception of the world, including from an aesthetic and artistic point of view, helping to create works of art. Having touched upon the evolutionary aspect of the formation of perception and consciousness, the author proceeds to cover such topics as the limits of the range of senses in humans (hypersensitivity and hyposensitivity), synesthesia, hemispheric specialization, diseases and anomalies caused by trauma, hallucinations, and many others. Drawing parallels with other species and resorting to purely scientific tools (genetic and biomolecular), Rob Desalle makes clear the unique wonders of the human brain. “Over the past decades, neuroscience has developed new ways to look at and understand our feelings . This book is a detailed study of already known facts about our feelings and new research in this area.”  (Rob Desalle)